Religion and public life in the Pacific region
Subtitle: fluid identities
By: edited by Wade Clark Roof and Mark Silk.
Contributors: Roof, Wade Clark.; Silk, Mark.
Series: Religion by region
Publisher: Alatmira Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Religion and politics -- California; Religion and politics -- Nevada; Religion and politics -- Hawaii; California -- Religion; Nevada -- Religion; Hawaii -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Mark Silk; title: Introduction: Religion in the Pacific region / Phillip E. Hammond; title: Religious affiliation in the Pacific region and the nation; title: Religious self-identification and adherents claimed by religious groups, national and regional comparisons; title: Religion in the Pacific region : demographic patterns / Wade Clark Roof; title: Toward an established mysticism : judeo-Christian traditions in post-World War II, California and Nevada / Douglas Firth Anderson; title: New players and new patterns / David W. Machacek; title: The influence of alternative religions / Tamar Frankiel; title: Pono and Kapu : righteousness and taboo in Hawaii / George J. Tanabe, Jr; title: Conclusion: Faith and spirituality in a fluid environment / Wade Clark Roof.